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South Korea to Overhaul Anti-WMD Defense Efforts

(Global Security Newswire) The South Korean Defense Ministry intends to overhaul its operations for dealing with the threats posed by unconventional weapons and digital attacks, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. As part of the restructuring, the ministry’s nonproliferation branch is to be given a new title — the WMD Response Department — and Read More »

February 10, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Researchers weigh in on ethics of H5N1 research

(Medical Xpress) In a commentary on the biosecurity controversy surrounding publication of bird flu research details, a bioethicist and a vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins reaffirm that “all scientists have an affirmative ethical obligation to avoid contributing to the advancement of biowarfare and bioterrorism,” but that there are not sufficient structures in place to evaluate Read More »

February 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Court Rejects Appeal of Livermore Biolab Decision

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Energy Department has adequately assessed potential extremist threats to a new biological defense laboratory at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, three federal judges determined on Tuesday in a unanimous decision to allow the site to remain open. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2006 froze work Read More »

February 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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Kan. gov. says state faces ‘continuous fight’ for federal funding to build new …

(The Republic) Brownback told two-dozen lawmakers during a Monday evening meeting at his official residence that he expects the legislative battle over the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility to last another five years. A site in Manhattan, near the Kansas State University campus, has been cleared for construction of the $650 million biosecurity lab.

February 9, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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U.S. Strategic Command Stands Up Anti-WMD Headquarters

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Strategic Command said it on Friday stood up a new joint force center dedicated to the eradication of weapons of mass destruction. The Standing Joint Force Headquarters for Elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction will supply specially trained staff that can in short order begin assisting a combat command with Read More »